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3/17/12
3/16/12
Pre-parade blog traffic: you like us, you really like us!!!
- New York St. Patrick's Day Parade To Be Protested By Irish Queers
- Will Comcast Make This The Last St. Patrick's Day Parade To Exclude Gays? (Michaelangelo Signorile)
- Why I Will March in Saturday's St. Patrick's Day Parade (Tom Allon -- see comments!)
- St. Patrick’s Day exclusion continues in New York (Suzy Byrne @ MamanPoulet.com)
3/14/12
Protest NYPD & Bloomberg homophobia!! This Saturday.
On Saturday, March 17, the NYPD takes off the mask.
BE THERE TO PROTEST NYPD HOMOPHOBIA!!!
Separate church and state… Separate bigots and public servants!
Sat. March 17 @ 11am
This Saturday, tens of thousands of cops will march in an explicitly anti-gay parade of hate – Mayor Bloomberg, too. The NYC St. Patrick’s Day parade, once a celebration of Irish New York, is now a “solemn procession” of the religious right. It was redesigned so that anti-gay bigots could parade using the church’s special right to discriminate. The parade officially sends an “anti-gay message” – and the NYPD is its biggest participant.
How much does the NYPD support religious anti-gay bigots? The NYPD actively fought to keep Irish queers out of the parade, fought queers' right to protest the parade, and now sends thousands of officers to march in NYPD contingents. Most recently, when a dozen queer rights and immigrant/cultural groups joined forces to tell NYPD Commissioner Kelly that police endorsement exacerbates anti-queer violence, and to demand that the NYPD pull out of the parade, Commissioner Kelly didn’t even bother to respond.
PROTEST NYPD HOMOPHOBIA and ANTI-QUEER VIOLENCE!
Separate church and state… Separate bigots and public servants!
Sat. March 17 @ 11am
Fifth Ave. between West 56th and 57th St
BE THERE TO PROTEST NYPD HOMOPHOBIA!!!
Separate church and state… Separate bigots and public servants!
Sat. March 17 @ 11am
Fifth Ave. between West 56th and 57th St @ The St. Patrick’s Day parade
This Saturday, tens of thousands of cops will march in an explicitly anti-gay parade of hate – Mayor Bloomberg, too. The NYC St. Patrick’s Day parade, once a celebration of Irish New York, is now a “solemn procession” of the religious right. It was redesigned so that anti-gay bigots could parade using the church’s special right to discriminate. The parade officially sends an “anti-gay message” – and the NYPD is its biggest participant.How much does the NYPD support religious anti-gay bigots? The NYPD actively fought to keep Irish queers out of the parade, fought queers' right to protest the parade, and now sends thousands of officers to march in NYPD contingents. Most recently, when a dozen queer rights and immigrant/cultural groups joined forces to tell NYPD Commissioner Kelly that police endorsement exacerbates anti-queer violence, and to demand that the NYPD pull out of the parade, Commissioner Kelly didn’t even bother to respond.
PROTEST NYPD HOMOPHOBIA and ANTI-QUEER VIOLENCE!
Separate church and state… Separate bigots and public servants!
Sat. March 17 @ 11am
Fifth Ave. between West 56th and 57th St
3/13/12
2012 parade protest
Please join us at our annual protest on Saturday, March 17th on Fifth Avenue between 56th and 57th street (on the west side) from 11am - 1pm. We'll be there with signs and banners, all we need is you!
For more information, give us a call at 917-517-3627.